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...became pure bedlam, and deservedly so. Nichols’ penalty-kick goal with nine seconds left in double overtime not only won the game, 2-1, for the Crimson, but more importantly, it secured an Ivy title. Were it not for that goal, a tie would have resulted, handing Princeton the championship and leaving Harvard on the outside looking in for an NCAA berth. But all that changed in a split second. “It’s just a shock,” Crimson coach Ray Leone said after the game. “To end the game...
...February of 2006, a freshman covered her first live game for The Harvard Crimson’s sports section. I took my seat on press row alongside the then-chair of the Sports Board, excited by the crowds that were (slowly) filtering into Lavietes Pavilion and the Harvard and Princeton squads exchanging high-fives in their layup lines. Noting my wide eyes, my fellow reporter said, “Remember, you can’t cheer.”I had my pen and pad, my tape recorder, and my eye for basketball at the ready. But at that moment...
...lightweights’ run was cut short in a regatta against Princeton and Yale on April 25, when the Tigers got the best of the Crimson and handed Harvard its first second-place finish of the season...
...lightweights took home the Jope Cup, given to the top overall team at Sprints, but the varsity eight once again could not take down Princeton, dropping the Grand Final by just over two seconds...
...competition. “This season went phenomenally,” incoming captain Claire Sheldon said. “Winning all but one of our tournaments is really impressive, and we performed very well week in and week out throughout the season.” Claiming titles at the Princeton Invitational and the Yale Fall Intercollegiate tournament for the first time in Harvard history were highlights for the Crimson in the year’s early stages. But the Harvard women did not rest on their laurels after such early-season victories, continuing their winning ways at Lehigh, Brown...